Continental has launched an all-new gravel tyre, the Terra Competition, providing "uncompromised speed and improved aerodynamics". It refers to this new model as a design "to blur the line between road and gravel", and the goal from product managers was apparently just to be fast.
At first glance, which I was able to do last October in Bentonville, Arkansas before Big Sugar Gravel, the Terra Competition appeared to be just a slick to use on pavement. But a closer look, and then a test ride on 18 miles of tarmac and chunky gravel, provided a clearer focus of that "blur". The first glance proved to be misleading, as the Terra Competition was not only smooth but grippy.
